Results for keyword: Land use and planning
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The Battle for the Verde
The Verde River is one of Arizona’s last free-flowing stream, but environmental and local activists fear an ambitious planned pipeline, designed to bring groundwater to the growing Prescott area, will end up sucking the river dry
by Tony Davis, May 14, 2007 -
Unpaved with good intentions
A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming.
by Seth Zuckerman, Sep 18, 2006 -
Ballot box hangover
Even as Oregon tries to deal with the chaos of Measure 37, which overturned the state’s old land-use regulations, "The Big Look," an attempt to revive and re-create planning laws, is quietly under way.
by Randy Stapilus, Sep 18, 2006 -
Sin City keeps its fringes wild
Las Vegans rally to fight a prominent developer’s plans for building on Blue Diamond Hill, a former gypsum mine that now serves as a buffer between the city and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
by Ryan Slattery, Sep 15, 2003 -
Colorado's growth amendment rouses voters
In Colorado, the Responsible Growth Initiative, Amendment 24, is facing fierce opposition from the real estate industry and from many town and county officials who fear the elections it would require would be too expensive.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 23, 2000
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